Lecture 6 Flashcards
what external signals do plants respond to?
temperature, wind, CO2, pathogens, water status, mineral nutrients, light levels, light quality, day length, gravity, humidity, herbivores, O2 levels in soil
ability to perceive light and hormones affects what developmental responses?
seed germination, seedling development, shade avoidance, phototropism, stomatal opening, chloroplast movements, flowering,
Role of light:
energy: photosynthesis
information: photomorphogenesis
photoreceptors
detect different wavelengths of light; photoreceptors, signal transduction pathway, response
skotomorphogenesis
light seeking response, etiolated, grow towardslight
etiolation:
hypocotyl becomes long and spindly, seedling is pale yellow (no chloroplast), apical hook forms in dicots,
exposure of skotomorrphogenesis plant to light
etiolated sidelight switches to photomorphogenesis and becomes de-etiolated
de-etiolation
chloroplast development, hypocotyl stops growing, SAM initiates leaf production
SAM
shoot apical meristem
phytochrome receptors:
apoprotein and chromophore
Pr phytochrome
chromophore absorbs red light
Pfr phytochrome
chromophore absorbs far-red light
phytochrome interconversion
in the presence of red or far red light, Pr and Pfr forms interconvert in which the chromophore undergoes a cis-trans isomerization leading to conformational change in the protein part of the phytochrome
R:FR
ratio of red to far red light which is perceived by phytochrome to elicit a response
phytochrome receptor functions
germination–small seeds with small endosperm require light to germinate
seedling establishment–etiolated to de-etiolated or non photosynthetic to photosynthetic or skotomorphogenesis to photomorphogenesis
architecture of plant–shade avoidance
initiation of flowering and seed dormancy
PIFs
polychrome interacting factors; small gene family of transcription factors
competitive shade avoidance response
grow out of shade into sunlight to promote photosynthesis, growth, and reproduction. triggered by low R:FR values because chlorophyll absorbs red light and reflects far-red light
features of shade avoidance response
growth of stem, growth of petioles, inhibition of leaf expansion, early flowering
Trigger of shade avoidance:
in shade a plant will have more Pr than Pfr because of the low R:FR indicating that reduction in active Pfr initiates shade avoidance
what phytochrome are involved in shade avoidance?
PHYB, PHYD, PHYE all act redundantly and have a major role in shade avoidance
PHYB
is a major contributor to shade response in shade and it inhibits shade response in daylight
PHYD and PHYE
contribute less to shade response in shade and they are not involved in inhibiting shade response in daylight